Strike a pose: Vogueing plus yoga equals voga

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The gay scene dance craze that Madonna popularised is now the basis for a new version of the ancient discipline

Far out on the northwest tip of Gujurat, overlooking the fishing harbour, is
Dwarka’s celebrated Jain temple. The quiet, smiling monks guide tourists and
pilgrims barefoot around the thousand-year-old pollution-scarred carvings.
Depicted in the brittle stone are the writhing forms of gods and their
lovers in eye-popping, not to mention elbow-popping poses.

The origins of yoga are uncertain, although it started in India around 5,000
years ago with the aim of uniting the physical body with the divine. I tried
to keep this in mind on Tuesday night as the DJ mixed various 1980s hits and
I danced around striking